Dister vs. Sister

Disterverb

(obsolete) To banish or drive from a country.

Sisternoun

A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.

‘My sister is always driving me crazy.’;

Disterverb

To banish or drive from a country.

Sisternoun

A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.

‘Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.’;

Sisternoun

Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.

Sisternoun

(British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.

Sisternoun

Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.

‘Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.’;

Sisternoun

(slang) A black woman.

Sisternoun

(informal) A form of address to a woman.

Sisternoun

A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.

Sisternoun

(attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

‘sister publication, sister city, sister projects’;

Sisternoun

(comptheory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.

Sisternoun

Something in the same class.

‘sister ships, sister facility’;

Sisterverb

To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.

‘I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.’;

Sisterverb

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Sisternoun

A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.

‘I am the sister of one Claudio.’;

Sisternoun

A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.

Sisternoun

One of the same kind, or of the same condition; - generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.

Sisterverb

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Sisternoun

a female person who has the same parents as another person;

‘my sister married a musician’;

Sisternoun

(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address);

‘the Sisters taught her to love God’;

Sisternoun

a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group;

‘none of her sisters would betray her’;

Sisternoun

sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

Sister

A sister is a woman or girl who shares one or more parents with another individual. The male counterpart is a brother.